How can I recover a cut n paste file?

[Windows Central Question]

file recovery after cut n paste

Hi there,
I did cut and paste of a ms word file from computer to usb flash drive and I lost flash drive. Is there any way to recover file from computer?

 

[Harrie-S]

Re: file recovery after cut n paste

No unless you have a backup somewhere.

 

[xandros9]

Re: file recovery after cut n paste

You can potentially use an undelete program like Recuva, but if its been a while, the odds aren't good.